Summary
This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). As a Sanctions Investigator, you will conduct investigations of economic sanctions targets. These investigations will require you to analyze law enforcement information, national security and intelligence information, financial and business data, and other information in the implementation of the Treasury Department's Specially Designated National (SDN) Program.
Duties
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.
As a Sanctions Investigator, you will:
- play a key role in the development and implementation of the Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) Program.
- provide support and advice through management to the Director, OFAC on terrorist organizations, proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, International Anti-Corruption and perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Abuse and targets related to other sanctions programs.
- conduct investigations with respect to Requests for Reconsideration to determine if a petitioner's status as an SDN should be retained or whether the SDN should be delisted.
- play a vital role in coordinating with senior U.S. and foreign law enforcement and other officials regarding investigations of targets of sanctions programs administered by OFAC.
- develop and write extensive administrative records documenting the basis for designation as a SDN.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Key Requirements:
- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
- Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the or are exempt from having to do so.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- Undergo an income tax verification
- Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of following:
- Conducting investigations and analysis of law enforcement, Intelligence Community, open-source, or financial institution information on, but not limited to, sanctions evasion, illicit finance, illicit use of virtual currency, money laundering, or terrorist financing; AND
- Preparing written products based on research describing economic activities of criminals or terrorists and their organizations, sanctioned countries/regimes, or individuals or entities involved in illicit activities, illicit trade, narcotics trafficking, international corruption, serious human rights abuses, or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. An example of this could include but is not limited to conducting open-source research on the activities of terrorists, sanctioned countries/regimes, or other illicit activity/actors that may be used to inform policymaking, enforcement, intelligence or compliance matters; AND
- Managing and coordinating projects across multiple teams or the interagency.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of following:
- Conducting investigations of law enforcement, Intelligence Community, open-source, or financial institution information on, but not limited to, sanctions evasion, illicit finance, illicit use of virtual currency, money laundering, or terrorist financing; AND
- Working on a team or assisting in preparing written products based on research describing business activities of criminal or terrorist organizations, sanctioned countries/regimes, or individuals or entities involved in illicit financial activities, illicit trade, narcotics trafficking, international corruption, serious human rights abuses, or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. An example of this could include but is not limited to conducting open-source research on the activities of terrorists, sanctioned countries/regimes, or other illicit activity/actors; AND
- Presenting briefings to supervisors to keep them informed of assignment status, technical information, or of possible controversial matters; AND
- Working on teams engaged in projects with multiple stakeholders, to include interagency partners.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of following:
- Assisting in researching and writing multi-sourced analytical products that demonstrate sound investigative judgement; AND
- Assisting in preparing briefings to keep others informed of assignment status and/or possible controversial matters; AND
- Balancing multiple workflows and priorities to meet deadlines.
OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows:
-Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR
-3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, OR
-LL.M., if related.
OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-9, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of following:
- Experience in applying laws and regulations to inspection, investigation, enforcement, or compliance work; OR
- Experience analyzing sanctions or international economics.
OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows:
-Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a field related to the position; OR
-2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
-LL.B. or J.D., if related to the position.
OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.
The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
This announcement is issued under the "direct-hire" authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.
Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Analytical, Communication, and Technical
Referral: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.
If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the ) you must have a score of 85 or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.
Required Documents
A complete application includes:
1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resumé, either by creating one in USAJOBS, or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)
- Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
- To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resumé.
- It is suggested that you preview the entire announcement and online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resumé thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
- For resumé writing guidance, please visit .
3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
- CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
- EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION:
- You are not required to submit transcripts for this initial phase of the application process. Candidates will be referred for consideration based on their self-certification. If you are selected for a position which has a positive education requirement (as described in the vacancy announcement) and/or you are qualifying solely on your education, you will be required to submit official transcripts verifying your qualifications prior to a job offer being issued.
- A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to . If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the .
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
